Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754989Ab1ELFqh (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2011 01:46:37 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:45711 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753705Ab1ELFqg (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2011 01:46:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 07:46:31 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Andrew Lutomirski Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel falls apart under light memory pressure (i.e. linking vmlinux) Message-ID: <20110512054631.GI6008@one.firstfloor.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 501 Lines: 15 > Here's a nice picture of alt-sysrq-m with lots of memory free but the > system mostly hung. I can still switch VTs. Would rather need backtraces. Try setting up netconsole or crashdump first. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/